TY - GEN
T1 - A practical approach to individual thermal comfort and energy optimization problem
AU - Ari, S.
AU - Wilcoxen, P.
AU - Khalifa, H. E.
AU - Dannenhoffer, J. F.
AU - Isik, C.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper presents an intelligent modeling approach to individual thermal comfort and energy optimization problem, which aims to minimize energy consumption and improve thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy. In our previous study, this optimization problem was solved under the assumption of the existence of information about the thermal comfort preferences of individuals. A traditional optimization method is used to calculate off-line optimum solutions to this problem at numerous operating points. These solutions are used to train an intelligent system such as a fuzzy logic system under the same assumption resulting in a control system which encapsulates the behavior of the collection of optimum solutions. This methodology is named "Intelligent Modeling of Optimized Systems" (IMOS) in this paper. However, it is hard to gather information about individuals' thermal comfort preferences in practice. The sensitivity analysis on the optimization problem and its approximation with fuzzy logic system regarding individual thermal comfort preferences has been investigated in this paper.
AB - This paper presents an intelligent modeling approach to individual thermal comfort and energy optimization problem, which aims to minimize energy consumption and improve thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy. In our previous study, this optimization problem was solved under the assumption of the existence of information about the thermal comfort preferences of individuals. A traditional optimization method is used to calculate off-line optimum solutions to this problem at numerous operating points. These solutions are used to train an intelligent system such as a fuzzy logic system under the same assumption resulting in a control system which encapsulates the behavior of the collection of optimum solutions. This methodology is named "Intelligent Modeling of Optimized Systems" (IMOS) in this paper. However, it is hard to gather information about individuals' thermal comfort preferences in practice. The sensitivity analysis on the optimization problem and its approximation with fuzzy logic system regarding individual thermal comfort preferences has been investigated in this paper.
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U2 - 10.1109/NAFIPS.2008.4531261
DO - 10.1109/NAFIPS.2008.4531261
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51149091230
SN - 9781424423521
T3 - Annual Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS
BT - 2008 Annual Meeting of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, NAFIPS 2008
T2 - 2008 Annual Meeting of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, NAFIPS 2008
Y2 - 19 May 2008 through 22 May 2008
ER -